Briefcase: Business snippets from McLaren Vale wine honours to a big office sale
In this week’s Briefcase, an SA-based tech company has secured a deal with a top American Football team, and a market research leader has earned national award nominations.
- McLaren Vale Wine Show winners announced
- National recognition for Square Holes
- Kelsian acquisition completed
- Papyrus acquires SA industrial facility
- MyVenue secures NFL expansion
- Multimillion-dollar CBD office sale
McLaren Vale Wine Show winners announced
McLaren Vale’s top wines and winemakers have been honoured at the 53rd annual McLaren Vale Bushing Lunch in October.
The top award went to the Big Easy Radio 2025 Perpetual Holidaze Grenache which was named McLaren Vale’s Best Wine of Show for 2026, while owner and winemaker Matt Head awarded the McLaren Vale Bushing Monarch.
The grenache was awarded the highest accolade, beating out a total of 652 entries for the year’s top wine.
“These results confirm what trade and consumers increasingly know: McLaren Vale is producing some of the most distinctive and consistently high-quality wine in Australia,” McLaren Vale Wine Region CEO Erin Leggat said.
2026 MGA INSURANCE GROUP McLAREN VALE WINE SHOW RESULTS
- BEST WINE OF SHOW AND BUSHING MONARCH – Big Easy Radio 2025 Perpetual Holidaze Grenache
- CHAIR OF JUDGES’ WINE OF SHOW – Aphelion 2025 Wait Single Site Grenache
- INTERNATIONAL JUDGE’S WINE OF SHOW – Thistledown 2025 Walking with Kings Grenache Blanc Roussanne
- WINE OF PROVENANCE – Hardys Eileen Hardy Shiraz; 2024, 2021, 2015 vintages
- BEST MUSEUM WINE – Scarpantoni Estate 2006 Brothers Block Cabernet Sauvignon
- BEST SHIRAZ OF SHOW – Chapel Hill 2024 The Parson McLaren Vale Shiraz
- BEST GRENACHE OF SHOW – Big Easy Radio 2025 Perpetual Holidaze Grenache
- BEST CABERNET SAUVIGNON OF SHOW – Serafino 2023 Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon
- BEST SINGLE VINEYARD SHIRAZ OF SHOW – Cooter AND Cooter 2025 Almond Block Shiraz
- BEST SINGLE VINEYARD WINE ANY STYLE (OTHER THAN SHIRAZ) – Paralian 2025 Springs Hill Vineyard Shiraz Mataro
- BEST SINGLE VINEYARD VITICULTURALIST – Skye Salter, Springs Hill Vineyard
- BEST SMALL PRODUCER OF SHOW – Bondar Wines
- MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITOR – Vinarchy
- BEST TWO YEAR OR OLDER GRENACHE – S.C. Pannell 2024 Little Branch Grenache
- BEST TWO YEAR OLD SHIRAZ – Chapel Hill 2024 The Parson McLaren Vale Shiraz
- BEST OTHER RED AND BLENDS – Battle of Bosworth Wines 2025 ‘Heretic’ Touriga Mataro Graciano Shiraz
- BEST SHIRAZ BLEND – Springs Hill Vineyard 2025 Shiraz Mataro
- BEST GRENACHE BLEND – Serafino 2025 Grenache Shiraz Mataro
- BEST TEMPRANILLO AND BLENDS – Big Easy Radio 2025 Cosmic Antennae Tempranillo
- BEST NERO D’AVOLA – Scarpantoni Estate 2025 Black Label Nero D’Avola
- BEST ROSÉ – Yangarra Estate Vineyard 2026 Circle Rosé
- BEST FIANO – Vigna Bottin 2026 Fiano
- BEST TRADITIONAL WHITE WINE – Scarpantoni Estate 2026 School Block White
- BEST NEW AND EMERGING WHITE WINE – Yangarra Estate Vineyard 2026 Circle Piquepoul
- BEST THREE YEAR OR OLDER SHIRAZ – Serafino 2023 Black Label Shiraz
- BEST THREE YEAR OR OLDER CABERNET SAUVIGNON – Serafino 2023 Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon
- BEST ONE YEAR OR YOUNGER SHIRAZ – Cooter and Cooter 2025 Almond Block Shiraz
- BEST ONE YEAR OLD GRENACHE – Big Easy Radio 2025 Perpetual Holidaze Grenache
- TROTT FAMILY AWARD – Karena Armstrong and Alex Marchetti, The Salopian Inn
- D’ARRY OSBORN AWARD – The late Peter Fraser of Yangarra Estate Vineyard
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National recognition for Square Holes
Adelaide-headquartered market research and cultural insight studio Square Holes founder Jason Dunstone has received two national award nominations for research with Wine Australia and the Maggie Beer Foundation.
Dunstone has been named among the 2026 Insight250, recognising 250 leaders and innovators worldwide across market research, analytics and evidence-based marketing.
The recognition from Amsterdam-based company ESOMAR places Dunstone among eight Australian winners and the only recipient from SA.
Square Holes is also a contender in the Consumer Insights and Public Policy and Social Impact categories of The Research Society’s Research Effectiveness Awards, with winners set to be announced on 24 November.
“Our team is stronger than ever, and it has been great to celebrate 22 years with national and global recognition to match our expanding client base,” Dunstone said.
Kelsian acquisition completed
Kelsian Group has completed its acquisition of local Auckland ferry operator Belaire Ferries, marking its formal expansion into New Zealand.
The finalisation occurred on October 30 following a successful joint bid by Kelsian and Belaire Ferries for Auckland Transport’s expanded Western Package ferry services contract, which is due to commence in July 2027.
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“We’re pleased to officially welcome Belaire Ferries into the family and look forward to working with a team that brings valuable local knowledge and established relationships across Auckland,” Kelsian marine division chief operating officer Craig Heron said.
Papyrus acquires SA industrial facility
Papyrus Australia has announced it has subleases for an industrial facility located within ResourceCo Pty at Lonsdale.
The facility is intended to support Papyrus’ transition into commercial-scale manufacturing to fulfil its $4.2 million TBS Mining contract.
Papyrus has selected the ResourceCo facility due to its existing infrastructure, power supply, logistics and location, providing 720 square metres of industrial space suitable for Papyrus’s manufacturing operations.
“It provides the infrastructure required to transition from research and development into commercial manufacturing to fulfil the previously announced TBS contract,” Papyrus CEO Daniel Schmidt said.
MyVenue secures NFL expansion
SA-based point-of-sale technology company MyVenue has scored a deal with American NFL team the Green Bay Packers.
The partnership saw more than 1000 MyVenue devices deployed at a recent Green Bay Packers home game at Lambeau Field in Wisconsin, and was MyVenue’s largest kiosk installation in North America.
The technology facilitated over 100,000 food and beverage transactions at multiple Green Bay Packers football games and broke Lambeau Field’s all-time single-event revenue record.
“Enhancing technology in the stadium on time and on budget without disrupting a single event is a testament to our industry-focused team’s expertise. We look forward to a long and beneficial partnership with the legendary Green Bay Packers,” MyVenue CEO Tim Stollznow said.
Multimillion-dollar CBD office sale
The sale of a 16-level office building at 26 Flinders Street in Adelaide’s CBD has settled for $50 million.
The prominent site overlooks Victoria Square and has tenants including Aussie Broadband, Angas Securities, JCDecaux, Samsung Electronics, and SeaLink.
It recently underwent a $10.7 million refurbishment completed in 2025, incorporating upgrades to air-conditioning, fire systems, lifts, bathrooms, and lobby areas.
“The purchaser recognised both the current income profile and the long-term growth prospects of the asset, particularly given Adelaide’s positive economic outlook and strong occupier market fundamentals,” Knight Frank’s Max Frohlich said.
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